It is a mystery why no photographs were taken leading up to the crash in which Diana died, her inquest heard.

Paparazzi caught up with the princess and Dodi Fayed but there were no pictures of their journey.

Paris-based picture agent Laurent Sola suggested it could be because the crash happened when photographers used film and not digital images.

‘The first good pictures, if they are not very clear, they are not usable and we throw them away,’ he told the hearing.

‘If there was photographs of princess Diana and they were not clear or blurry they would be cut off.’ But coroner Lord Justice Scott Baker responded: ‘It does seem a bit odd that all the photographers seem to have had the same problem.’

The inquest at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London continues.